Georg Ferdinand Dümmler
Deceased Person
1859 – 1896
Who was Georg Ferdinand Dümmler?
Georg Ferdinand Dümmler was a German classical philologist and archaeologist who was a native of Halle an der Saale. He was the son of historian Ernst Ludwig Dümmler.
He was a student at the Universities of Halle, Strassburg and Bonn. At Strassburg, he studied under Adolf Michaelis, and in Bonn, he had as instructors Franz Bücheler, Hermann Usener and Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz. In 1882 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the philosopher Antisthenes.
Following graduation, he undertook archaeological research excursions through Italy, Greece, Cyprus and the Aegean Islands. From 1887 to 1890, he was a lecturer at the University of Giessen, and afterwards was a professor of philology and archaeology at the University of Basel.
Dümmler died of an illness in Basel on November 15, 1896 at the age of 37.
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- Born
- Feb 10, 1859
Halle - Also known as
- Ferdinand Dümmler
- Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Nov 15, 1896
Basel
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on July 23, 2013
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